Took the missus on our 10th wedding anniversary in December, did the factory tour & loved it (wife only endured it) As we were the only Brits we were given our own English speaking guide who was very friendly & informative. I don't think it's been mentioned, but on the Ducati website it says that you have to pre-book places for the tour, & I don't know if you can just turn up. Amazing how small the place seems & the corse bit looks like a space capsule with a tiny viewing window at the end (tried to catch a glimpse of something developmental going on with a view to selling to HRC but no luck) & the museum was great too & all for free! - In contrast went to Ferrari the next day (wife now wishing she hadn't come) which was big & corporate & a bit dissappointing (& not free..)Wife was then consoled with clothes & shoe shopping in Bologna which was shocking expensive. A well reccommended trip for anyone interested, but apart from the flight & Ducati tour nothing was cheap. And Italian taxi drivers?